Chapter 12: Chapter 5 and Chapter 6
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Chapter 4: Those that seek
Even back in history, there have been male wizards who have found out who a witches soul mate is, and thus gained power over that wizard. Soul-mates have been monopolized for centuries, as witches are used to gain power through the Wizarding world.
By destroying these matches, even the strongest of wizards have crumbled under their weakest foes. One particular match that crumbled was that of Vladimir the impaler and Beatrice the fair. During the 1400's Vladimir used to be one of the most powerful wizards known to walk the Earth. However, when his enemy, Atticus the terrible, told Beatrice that he was her soul mate, she rejected Vladimir when he said the same thing to her. Because of this split, one of the biggest love wars was started and went into the Muggle world as well, causing Vladimir to become the vampire of Muggle legend.
She had heard both the Muggle and Wizarding stories of Vlad the impaler, but never thought that it coincided with a soul-mate clash. It made her sit back into her chair, and re-evaluate her relationship with Cameron, and whatever Draco might say to her on Saturday. With any luck, by Sunday morning, she would know who to choose and who was her real soul-mate.
Chapter 5: Lies revealed
There is a simple spell that reveals when a Wizard is lying about being a Witch's soul mate. Sadly, this archaic spell was lost even before Vlad had his heart and reputation ruined. The last known instance of it being used was back when Merlin first created it for Morgan.
A rumor has circulated through the years that it had been written in one of Merlin's spell books, but the tomb has been lost since Salazar left Hogwarts. The book used to belong to Morgan and she left it to him for safe keeping. Not even Slytherin's heirs have an idea of where it is located.
With the loss of this spell, many others have tried to come up with a comparable substitute but each has had it's faults all still leading to the destruction of perfect matches. Veritaserum is the only known substance that will make sure a person is not lying, but most Witches do not have a vial on hand to be sure. There is just one other way and it is known as the 'feeling'.
The 'feeling'? It wasn't covered any further in Chapter 5 so Hermione reasoned that it was covered in the next chapter. However, she was intrigued by the fact that a spell had been missing from the Magical world for so long and that it was hidden in a book. This called for another trip to the Library, and maybe a jaunt down to the Chamber of Secrets to see if it had been hidden down there.
Glancing around the common room where she had woken up only a few hours before, Hermione noticed that it was way past curfew, so now was the best time to go hunting in the Chamber. She snuck up to the boy's dorm to retrieve Harry's invisibility cloak, as well as, the Marauder's Map. Upon arriving back into the common room, she checked the map before heading out the portrait hole completely covered. The path was clear all the way to Myrtle's bathroom, and upon entering she realized one thing, she had no way of getting into the tunnel or getting out.
Moaning Myrtle appeared as she was trying to figure out what to do and seemed to guess the dilemma. Floating down towards the Witch, she glanced between the girl and the faucet.
"I can say the words if you want."
"Myrtle, you know them?"
"Of course, when Harry said them, it sounded so beautiful that I made sure to remember them."
"Oh, would you open it then? But wait, how am I to get back out?"
"Can't you use a levitation charm on something and cause it to hold you while you float it out?"
"It is possible but I've never done something like that."
"Maybe it's time."
Myrtle turned fully towards the faucet and hissed at it causing the entrance to appear before the ghost and the Witch. Hermione nodded her head in thanks before jumping into the dark hole and sliding towards what she hoped would bring her answers.
(A/N: Sorry for such the late update but as a Birthday present to myself I finished this chapter and hope to start on the next one soon. chapter 4 & 5 of the book were shorter than originally planned, but I wanted to get straight to the point before I dragged on and on. Have a great week.)